Mounting for washing-machines.



W. E. HARTT.

MOUNTING FOR WASHING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED PEB.26, 1912.

1,087,232, Patented Feb. 17, 1914,.

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WITNESSES p lNVE/VTOI? W. E. HARTT.

MOUNTING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.26, 1912.

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- 7 INVENTOR W. Atlarnya I To all whom it may concern:

UNITED sTATEs PATENT orrron.

WILLIAM EUGENE HARTT, 0F CONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN.

MOUNTING ron WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1912. Serial No. 680,010.

M HAR'I'P, a citizen of the United States, residing at Constantine, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michi an, have invented certain new and useful mprov'ements in Mountings for Washing-Machines, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to attachments for washing and wringing machines, and the object is to provide attachments by which a washing machine can be swung from onetub Be it known that I;- WILLIAM E.

-to.an0ther without detaching the washingmachine from the. common frame which supports the washing and wringing machines and to provide wringing devices which cooperate with the attachments for swinging the washing machine from one tub to another tub on the opposite side of the frame. j I

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

The present invention is especially designed as an improvement upon the structure shown in the Flood Patent No; 987,353,

- dated March 21, 1911, which patent illustrates an arrangement of the type above described.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which- 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my complete improved washing anchwringing machine as it appears when in use; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, side elevation on an enlarged'scale of a part of the wringing machine; Fig. 3 is a front elevation the apparatus shown in Fig.1; Fig. -it is a' side elcvation of the same, but showing the parts folded into inoperative position; Fig. fiis anenlarged, detailed side elevation of the washing machine and the improved supporting and shifting meanstherefor; and Fig. (3

' is a detailed view showing a bolt hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the apparatus comprises the usual standards 1, supported upon a suitable base 2, and with which are associated the usual folding brackets 3 and 4, adapted to support the tubs'A and B.

The wringing machine, which is designated in its entirety by the reference character 0, preferably comprises a pair of rollers 5 and 6, urged together by means of adjustable springs 7, which operate in conjunction with horizontally extending arms 8. The usual operating handle 9 is connected with one of the rollers. This wringing machine is permanently mounted in the upper end of the standards 1. i

The washing machine 'is indicated in its entirety by the reference character D, and, as in the Flood patent above mentioned, means are provided whereby such machine can be swung or shifted from one tub to the other. The machine illustrated. comprises a base 10, which may be provided at its ends with adjustable hooks 11, adapted to engage over the edges of the tubs, and thus support the machine. Secured to the base 10 are end frames 12, between which are journaled a large fluted roller 13, and a series of smaller rollers 11 as in the constructi n usually employed. The roller 13 is mounted upon a shaft 15 to the end of which is secured an operating handle 16. The shaft 15 is jour- Patented Feb. 17, 1914..

naled in slojs 17 in the end frames 12, and

outside of such frames isalso engaged by rollers 13 toward the cooperating rollers 14 in a well known manner.

Pivoted to each end frame 12, as indlcated at 20. 111 Fig. 5, 18 one end of an ad ustable arm formed of the slotted sections 21 and 22, secured together by bolts 23, passing through the slots. and preferably provided with wing nuts. The other section 22 of such arm is provided at its end with a nut 24, having at its inner end aflat circular head 24, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. This head :24 is of such sizeas to just pass through a circular opening 25, which is located at one end of a U-shaped slot 26, in which slot the body of the bolt 24 is adapted to slide. This slot is formed in a U-shaped frame or guide E adapted to be secured directly to the outside of the standards 1, as

U-shaped guide. In practice, the sections 21 and 22 of the arms are so adjusted that when the Washing machine is being shifted from one tub to the other, it will just clear all parts of the wringing machine. During such shifting operation the roller 13 and associated parts are removed from the Washing machine so as to permit such machine to turn on the pivot pins 20, so that it can be reversed, and the bolts 24 travel in the U-shaped slot of the guide E, passing up one side and down the other. In this Way, a much shorter arm suffices to enable the I washing machine to clear the wringing machine than Would be possible with such arm mounted upon a fixed pivot. Moreover, the guide slot firmly maintains the Washing ma- ,chine in the desired spaced relationfrom the standards 1, and prevents it from slipping abouton the tub. In other Words, it will be seen that by the use of my improved U-shaped guide the Washing machine is permitted to move freely while being shifted, but is securely maintained in a fixed position When it is once seated upon the tub.

What I claim is 1. The combination With a supporting frame, of a pair of inverted U-shaped guides secured to said frame, one at each side thereof, a pair of arms, each having one end connected With one of said guides so as to travel therealong, and a Washing machine said standards, and such distance may be varied, as desired.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand n the presence of two Witnesses, this 6th day of February 1912.

WILLIAM EUGENE HARTT. Vitnesses: ROBERT E. FLOOD, G. P. TOMERLIN.

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